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+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Flavor:
+    name: str
+    display_name: str
+    description: str
+    supported_features: Set[str] = field(default_factory=set)
+    unsupported_features: Set[str] = field(default_factory=set)
+    quirks: Dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class FlavorWarning:
+    feature: str
+    message: str
+    severity: str = "warning"
+
+
+class FlavorRegistry:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._flavors: Dict[str, Flavor] = {}
+        self._register_default_flavors()
+
+    def _register_default_flavors(self):
+        common_features = {
+            "literals",
+            "character_classes",
+            "quantifiers_basic",
+            "anchors_basic",
+            "groups_capturing",
+            "groups_non_capturing",
+            "alternation",
+            "escaping",
+            "dot_any",
+            "word_boundary",
+        }
+
+        pcre = Flavor(
+            name="pcre",
+            display_name="PCRE",
+            description="Perl Compatible Regular Expressions",
+            supported_features=common_features | {
+                "lookahead",
+                "lookbehind",
+                "possessive_quantifiers",
+                "atomic_groups",
+                "named_groups",
+                "recursive_patterns",
+                "conditional_patterns",
+                "comment_syntax",
+                "callouts",
+            },
+            quirks={
+                "possessive_quantifiers": "Use ++, *+, ?+ syntax",
+                "dot_all": "Use (?s) modifier for dot to match newlines",
+            },
+        )
+
+        javascript = Flavor(
+            name="javascript",
+            display_name="JavaScript",
+            description="JavaScript RegExp",
+            supported_features=common_features | {
+                "lookahead",
+                "named_groups",
+                "dot_all",
+            },
+            unsupported_features={
+                "lookbehind",
+                "possessive_quantifiers",
+                "atomic_groups",
+                "recursive_patterns",
+                "conditional_patterns",
+                "callouts",
+            },
+            quirks={
+                "lookbehind": "Not supported in JavaScript",
+                "possessive_quantifiers": "Not supported in JavaScript",
+            },
+        )
+
+        python = Flavor(
+            name="python",
+            display_name="Python",
+            description="Python re module",
+            supported_features=common_features | {
+                "lookahead",
+                "lookbehind",
+                "named_groups",
+                "dot_all",
+            },
+            unsupported_features={
+                "possessive_quantifiers",
+                "atomic_groups",
+                "recursive_patterns",
+                "conditional_patterns",
+                "callouts",
+            },
+            quirks={
+                "possessive_quantifiers": "Use atomic groups or possessive++ equivalent not available",
+            },
+        )
+
+        go = Flavor(
+            name="go",
+            display_name="Go",
+            description="Go regexp (RE2)",
+            supported_features=common_features | {
+                "lookahead",
+                "named_groups",
+            },
+            unsupported_features={
+                "lookbehind",
+                "possessive_quantifiers",
+                "atomic_groups",
+                "recursive_patterns",
+                "conditional_patterns",
+                "callouts",
+                "backreferences_general",
+                "named_backreferences",
+            },
+            quirks={
+                "lookbehind": "Not supported in Go's RE2 engine",
+                "backreferences": "Only supports numbered backreferences",
+            },
+        )
+
+        self._flavors["pcre"] = pcre
+        self._flavors["javascript"] = javascript
+        self._flavors["python"] = python
+        self._flavors["go"] = go
+
+    def register(self, flavor: Flavor):
+        self._flavors[flavor.name] = flavor
+
+    def get(self, name: str) -> Optional[Flavor]:
+        return self._flavors.get(name.lower())
+
+    def list_all(self) -> List[Flavor]:
+        return list(self._flavors.values())
+
+    def list_names(self) -> List[str]:
+        return list(self._flavors.keys())
+
+
+_registry = FlavorRegistry()
+
+
+def get_flavor(name: str) -> Optional[Flavor]:
+    return _registry.get(name)
+
+
+def get_supported_flavors() -> List[str]:
+    return _registry.list_names()
+
+
+def validate_flavor(name: str) -> bool:
+    return _registry.get(name) is not None
+
+
+def detect_flavor(pattern: str) -> str:
+    if r"\k<" in pattern:
+        if r"(?<![" in pattern or r"(?<=[" in pattern:
+            return "python"
+        return "pcre"
+
+    if r"(?P<" in pattern:
+        if r"(?<![" in pattern or r"(?<=[" in pattern:
+            return "pcre"
+        return "python"
+
+    if r"(?<![" in pattern or r"(?<=[" in pattern:
+        return "python"
+
+    if r"(?!" in pattern or r"(?=" in pattern:
+        if r"(?<![" in pattern or r"(?<=[" in pattern:
+            return "python"
+        if r"\+\+" in pattern or r"\*\+" in pattern or r"\?\+" in pattern:
+            return "pcre"
+        return "javascript"
+
+    if r"\+\+" in pattern or r"\*\+" in pattern or r"\?\+" in pattern:
+        return "pcre"
+
+    if r"(?s)" in pattern:
+        return "javascript"
+
+    return "pcre"
+
+
+FEATURE_PATTERNS = {
+    "lookahead": [r"\(?=", r"\(?!"],
+    "lookbehind": [r"\(?<=", r"\(?<!"],
+    "named_groups": [r"\(\?P<", r"\(\?<"],
+    "named_backreferences": [r"\\k<"],
+    "possessive_quantifiers": [r"\+\+", r"\*\+", r"\?\+"],
+    "atomic_groups": [r"\(\?>", r"\(\?\+"],
+    "recursive_patterns": [r"\(\?R", r"\(\?\)", r"\(\?-"],
+    "conditional_patterns": [r"\(\?\(", r"\(\?\|"],
+    "callouts": [r"\(\?#", r"\(\?C"],
+    "comment_syntax": [r"\(\?#"],
+    "dot_all": [r"\(\?s", r"\(?s\)"],
+    "backreferences_general": [r"\\\d+"],
+}
+
+
+def check_feature_support(pattern: str, flavor: str) -> List[str]:
+    flavor_obj = get_flavor(flavor)
+    if not flavor_obj:
+        return []
+
+    unsupported = []
+    for feature, patterns in FEATURE_PATTERNS.items():
+        for pattern_regex in patterns:
+            if re.search(pattern_regex, pattern):
+                if feature in flavor_obj.unsupported_features:
+                    unsupported.append(feature)
+                break
+
+    return unsupported
+
+
+def get_compatibility_warnings(pattern: str, flavor: str) -> List[FlavorWarning]:
+    flavor_obj = get_flavor(flavor)
+    if not flavor_obj:
+        return [FlavorWarning(
+            feature="unknown_flavor",
+            message=f"Unknown flavor: {flavor}",
+            severity="error",
+        )]
+
+    warnings = []
+
+    unsupported = check_feature_support(pattern, flavor)
+
+    for feature in unsupported:
+        if feature in flavor_obj.quirks:
+            warnings.append(FlavorWarning(
+                feature=feature,
+                message=flavor_obj.quirks[feature],
+                severity="warning",
+            ))
+        else:
+            warnings.append(FlavorWarning(
+                feature=feature,
+                message=f"Feature '{feature}' is not supported in {flavor_obj.display_name}",
+                severity="error",
+            ))
+
+    return warnings